The 300 Spartans at Thermopylae (Signed) (Original)

Artist: F Stocks May
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 22" x 30" (560mm x 760mm)
Date: c. 1955
Signature: Signed by artist bottom right
Code: Stocksmay300

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by F Stocks May.

An enormous painting depicting the bridge at Thermopylae defended by the 300 Spartans against the Persian hordes.

Beautifully painted on the grand scale, this painting will command attention and comment wherever it is hung. One of a series of paintings for the book Heroes through the Ages. Stunning colours and action.

• Artist Biography
  F Stocks May (flourished 1950s)
  Illustrated many older children's books during the 1950s including 'The Boys Book Of Heroes' and 'Heroes Through the Ages'.
  
  Illustrated the serialisation of the Lone Pine book 'Seven White Gates' in the comic Mickey Mouse Weekly between December 1953 and March 1954.